Brief Life History of James
When James Crosby was born in 1795, in South Carolina, United States, his father, William Crosby, was 40 and his mother, Mary Davis, was 41. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Judy Adams. He lived in Alachua, Alachua, Florida, United States in 1850.
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- James Crosby, "United States Census, 1830"
- James Crosby, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: crosby - Government record: Census record: male
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1822 · Slave Rebellion
On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.
1824
Tallahassee was named the state capital in 1824 by Floridas first territorial governor, William P. DuVal.
1829 · Fort Sumter Constructed
In 1829 Fort Sumter is constructed in the Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is most known for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War. It is barely ready when the American Civil War starts.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old Norse kross ‘cross’ + bȳ ‘farm, settlement’ in Lancashire, Cumberland, Westmorland, North Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire.
Irish: surname adopted by bearers of the Gaelic name Mac an Chrosáin (see McCrossen ).
History: The surname of the Irish family of Crosbie is ultimately derived from providing the chief bards to the O’Mores, Chiefs of Leix: crosán means ‘bard’ or ‘satirist’. Pádraic Mac Crosáin or Mac An Chrosáin took the Anglicized name Patrick Crosbie c. 1583.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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